Uber plans to build self-driving cars at a robotics facility in Pittsburgh

Mike Nudelman/Business Insider Uber is building an Advanced Technologies Center in Pittsburgh, Pa., in partnership with Carnegie Mellon University that will research and develop mapping and vehicle safety and autonomy technology, the company announced Monday.

"The center will focus on the development of key long-term technologies that advance Uber's mission of bringing safe, reliable transportation to everyone, everywhere," the company writes in its blog post.